In 2006, Lucy had the opportunity to travel with the Apple Distinguished Educator program members to Berlin and Prague. During this trip, she and her colleagues created digital media artifacts and developed a global awareness curriculum that was eventually published in the Apple Learning Interchange. At the time, Lucy wondered why more teachers were not fully leveraging technology to connect their classrooms to the world; technology had developed to make real-time classroom connections possible, yet many educators needed support to do so.
Inspired by Steve Hargadon's social network for educators, Classroom 2.0, Lucy started a network for teachers and organizations to share and learn from one another. A few years later, in 2010, she joined forces with Hargadon to launch a virtual conference focused on globally connected teaching and learning. This conference ran for nine years, and the Global Education Conference Network now has over 28,000 members from 190 countries. In 2022, Lucy will rebrand this community as Actionable Innovations Global.
In addition to running the GEC, Lucy also enjoys supporting schools to go global. She often presents at conferences on the role of technology in global education and recently has been co-leading workshops on designing for global experiences using design thinking methodology. Lucy believes in active global citizenship and wants to help students and teachers become more globally competent.
Lucy has traveled to work with educators in Singapore and China and frequently travels with her family. Additionally, she has several attended and presented at several education conferences abroad.
Inspired by Steve Hargadon's social network for educators, Classroom 2.0, Lucy started a network for teachers and organizations to share and learn from one another. A few years later, in 2010, she joined forces with Hargadon to launch a virtual conference focused on globally connected teaching and learning. This conference ran for nine years, and the Global Education Conference Network now has over 28,000 members from 190 countries. In 2022, Lucy will rebrand this community as Actionable Innovations Global.
In addition to running the GEC, Lucy also enjoys supporting schools to go global. She often presents at conferences on the role of technology in global education and recently has been co-leading workshops on designing for global experiences using design thinking methodology. Lucy believes in active global citizenship and wants to help students and teachers become more globally competent.
Lucy has traveled to work with educators in Singapore and China and frequently travels with her family. Additionally, she has several attended and presented at several education conferences abroad.